Tricentis, the leader in Continuous Testing, has announced the acquisition of Q-Up, a test data management (TDM) platform architected to provide secure, reliable, and compliant test data on demand. With a business-friendly, self-service interface and a lightweight provisioning agent, test data access is reduced from weeks to seconds.

With GDPR now in effect, the business risk associated with using production data for software testing has become prohibitive. Organizations are suddenly realizing that TDM must become a critical component of a complete data privacy and security policy.

βFor years, companies have been obtaining test data by extracting data from production environments,β explained Q-Up Managing Director Andreas GΓΌnther. βGDPR will finally put an end to this approach by requiring extracted production data to be masked deterministically and irreversibly. This may be a blessing in disguise, because simply extracting data from production does not deliver data thatβs optimized for the purpose of testing. Since organizations are already being forced to re-examine their TDM processes, nowβs the perfect time to bring their overall TDM strategy in line with the demands of modern delivery processes.β

Tricentisβ enhanced TDM capabilities give users multiple options for the design, generation, and management of test data. This allows users to select the best strategy for their architecture, development phase, and/or release cadence. For example, users might want to start by rapidly configuring βsmoke testsβ that closely mirror production data, then later use synthetic test data generation to increase test coverage and complete negative testing prior to delivery.

This announcement coincides with the SAP SAPPHIRE NOW conference, where Tricentis is showcasing how these new TDM capabilities advance SAP test automation. As organizations adopt modern SAP platforms such as SAP S/4HANA to enable digital transformation, testing must also be modernized. This transition to Continuous Testing requires a new and more strategic approach to TDM. Testers need rapid access to test data across a broad array of SAP solutions and integrated systems, while management needs confidence that test data is always used, stored, or processed as outlined in their organizationβs data security and privacy policies.

About Tricentis
With the industryβs No. 1 Continuous Testing platform, Tricentis is recognized for reinventing software testing for DevOps. Through risk-based testing, scriptless end-to-end test automation, and the industryβs most extensive technology support, Tricentis breaks through the barriers experienced with conventional software testing methods. Our innovative technologies simplify testing for even the most complex enterprise applicationsβtransforming testing from a roadblock to a catalyst for innovation. The result is accelerated innovation, improved cost efficiency, and reduced business risk.

Tricentis is the only vendor to achieve βleaderβ status in all three top analyst reports. This honor is based on our technical leadership and a Global 2000 customer base of over 800+ companies. These customers rely on Tricentis to achieve and sustain test automation rates of over 90 percentβincreasing risk coverage while accelerating testing to keep pace with Agile and DevOps.

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